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Fending Off the Heat of the Dog Days of Spring

Bryan Thomas for The New York Times
Michael Nagle for The New York Times

On Thursday, New Yorkers in Brooklyn rallied to the challenge of the areaĆ¢€™s first hot day of the season. Eli Belizaire, in Park Slope, tackled an ice cream cone. John Loftin sold cold water at the intersection of Kings Highway and Remson Avenue in East Flatbush. And the driver of a red convertible, with a towel on his head to cool off, decided he might as well go shirtless.

Bryan Thomas for The New York Times